Sound debut, and easily a single sitting read, but whether you enjoy reading slowly or racing through the pages, either way, the story fits.

Oh dear this book was very bad. Not sure if it was because it was an ARC but the writing was atrocious. Sorry!

Sorry not for me i did try but it was a struggle, i think i will stick just to her sister

Thank you Netgalley for a copy for an honest review

I thought the premise of the book would be interesting and believed this would be my type of book. Sadly, I did not enjoy the book and was left feeling disappointed and wanting more. What was really difficult to get into was the tone of voice of the character - the character is supposed to be an adult but read much younger which kept pulling me out of the story multiple times.

Four friends pulled apart by life and a game to try and draw them closer turns sour and secrets are about to be exposed.
This was a solid read but didn’t blow me away. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Really enjoyed this book. The suspense was kept up until the final reveal. Would definitely read more from this author.

DNF. I couldn't connect with this book at all and found it really hard to get into. I had high hopes for this, which is a shame.

Unfortunately, I read this book back in 2017 but completely forgot to upload a review on here, so can't remember exactly what I was going to say about it!

The Fifth Letter is a gripping story about the complexities of friendship and how sometimes friendships fall apart.
It's an entertaining mystery. Just when you think you wokred it out, the author introduces a plot twist, and off you go again.....

I thought I’d enjoy this book as a mystery thriller. I overexpected. This book was more like friends trying to one up each other on their lives and the secrets they’ve been keeping. I won’t be reading anymore books by Nicola moriarty.

I love friendship novels, especially when the friendship has gone awry.

That is the case with the four friends in Nicola Moriarty’s The Fifth Letter. Joni, Trina, Deb and Eden have all met up for their annual get together; the one time of year where they can all be together and rekindle their friendship. As everyone knows, sustaining a friendship as you get older can be difficult but these four are trying their hardest.

When it is revealed that they all have dark secrets the girls begin to wonder if you can ever really truly know someone, even when that person is your best friend.

The Fifth Letter is a truly gripping novel of the complexities of friendship and how sometimes things cannot be sustainable. It is creepy in parts and a genuine entertaining mystery. Just when you think you have it all figured out Nicola Moriarty pulls the rug from beneath your feet.

The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty is available now.

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Liked the start but found the plot very convoluted and unlikely. The women just blended into one and so I was never sure which one was which. They all were unlikeable too in their own ways so I never felt any great empathy which probably would have helped.

This book was incredibly disappointing. Very unrealistic premise from the get-go and the dialogue even more so. The characters were cookie-cutters and the story un-compelling. I had high hopes for this book but it fell short.

I liked this. I was engrossed - which is good, I love me a good page turner, and I was fascinated by all the ins and outs of this group of often quite unlikeable women. However, the big build up fell flat for me, I expected so much more and I had pretty much forgotten about it as soon as I'd finished. A nice enough holiday read. but nothing special.

Sorry I was unable to read this as I was extremely ill and I forgot all about it.
To submit the review I’m required to complete a star rating, without reading the book this is proving difficult but I will go down the middle with 3 stars.
Once again sorry

I thought this was an enjoyable enough read. The dialogue switches between past and present tense and, although this may have been down to the kindle formatting (awful!), I found it a bit hard to folow at times. I liked the idea of showing a group of school friends maintaining their friendship through into adult life and the issues that come with that but I feel the characters could have been developed further than they were.

3 stars

It is my first book from the author. And though it is an enjoyable read, it is also forgettable. The concept is interesting but aside from that, nothing special. Pretty predictable as well as I immediately guessed who wrote the fifth letter. To be fair I get the other one wrong. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it.

A good idea but not that stunning when you get to the reveal - the read was ok but not memorable. I wish the author had developed the idea further.

This was a fun read, but unfortunately it's super forgettable and there isn't much to set it apart from other books of its type.

This was an unusual one but worth a read. It was a bit hard for me to get into and some of the earlier chapters reminded me of teen books like Point Horror etc, I think that’s why I struggled initially. (I loved the Point Horror books when I was a schoolie!) The actual premise was a good one, it was intriguing and made you want to find out the truth about who was behind it all. Get a group of women together and things happen, good or bad? You decide. Keeps you guessing and I would recommend it though it’s not as gripping and fast paced as others I've read recently.